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What Is Async? Backrooms' Mysterious Research Institute, Explained

One of the most interesting and esoteric aspects of 'Backrooms' is the mysterious Async Institute, and Kane Parsons' YouTube works provide a few answers.

Inverse

20-Year-Old YouTuber's Indie Horror Film Grossed $118 Million — And Beat 'Star Wars' on Opening Weekend

20-year-old Kane Parsons' horror film 'Backrooms' became A24's biggest opener, grossing $118M on a $10M budget, and rivalled a $165M 'Star Wars' release. Explore the rise of internet-born cinema.

International Business Times UK

Backrooms: The unsettling reason this horror film resonates with so many people right now

The film is an adaptation of a popular internet horror concept and urban legend

The Independent UK

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Backrooms: why being trapped in the film’s endless corridors feels a lot like modern life

In Backrooms, the latest horror film from production company A24, Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Clark – a failed architect who accidentally slips out of reality. He ends up trapped in an endless labyrinth of yellow-tinted rooms, humming fluorescent lights and eerie, disembodied sounds – the “Backrooms”.

The Conversation

Blumhouse Had One Word For Horror Fans As Backrooms And Obsession Went 1 & 2 In Ticket Sales

Blumhouse’s one-two punch gave horror fans one hell of a box office weekend.

Cinemablend

The Backrooms film left me with more questions than answers and that's why it's the perfect adaptation

Open that window, break through the pane.

PC Gamer

To YouTube and beyond: how online gen Z directors stormed Hollywood

Record-breaking box office for Backrooms and Obsession has opened the door for twentysomething YouTube creators as the industry rethinks what audiences want

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Horror is dominating the box office as Obsession and Backrooms outperform new Star Wars movie The Mandalorian and Grogu over the weekend

Two horror movies from breakout directors beat the first Star Wars movie in 7 years

Total Film

10 Photos of Callum Turner: What to Know About Dua Lipa's Husband and 'Fantastic Beasts' Actor

Dua Lipa and Callum Turner married in an intimate ceremony at Old Marylebone Town Hall, London, on 31 May 2026. Here's everything to know about the actor.

International Business Times UK

Kane Parsons becomes youngest film-maker to open at No 1 in the US with Backrooms

Backrooms stunned industry observers by taking $81m in its first weekend, a record for studio A24

The Guardian - UK

'Backrooms', based on YouTube horror series, breaks box office records

LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - A24's "Backrooms," the big screen adaptation of a viral YouTube horror series, smashed several box office records with an $81.5 million North American debut, US media reported Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Forget The Summer Blockbuster. YouTubers Have Taken Over The Box Office, Breaking Records With Backrooms And Obsession

Spooky season came early.

Cinemablend

Gen Z horror hits leave Star Wars in their dust at the box office

Two indie horror films made by Gen Z directors with internet origins have upset the latest big-budget Star Wars film

The Independent UK

Backrooms' Director Wasn't Even Alive In The '90s, But He Nailed The Look Of The Decade

As a Gen Xer, I’m impressed!

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Backrooms to triple previous A24 opening weekend record at $85+ million

Maybe Michael Bay shouldn't have nuked the Skibidi Toilet movie after all.

The Independent UK

New A24 film smashes studio’s box office record after just one day

Horror film ‘Backrooms’ has already recorded the biggest opening weekend at the box office in A24 history

Livingetc

Wait, Did 'Backrooms' Just Ruin This Yellow Trend Forever? How A24's New Sci-Fi Horror Made Color Feel Creepy

Kane Parsons' directorial debut turns the beloved shade into a mind-bending theater for trauma, delirium, and obsession

PC Gamer

Backrooms and Exit 8 make the perfect double feature for videogame-adjacent horror movies

Quiet. Tense. Creepy. And not overstuffed with lore or exposition.

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The Independent UK

Chris Hansen has cryptic response to Robert Pattinson playing him in To Catch A Predator movie

Pattinson portrays former NBC Dateline journalist Hansen in A24’s eerie new drama ‘Primetime’

TechRadar

'The next best place to get visibility': Backrooms movie director Kane Parsons gives his take on why YouTube has become a breeding ground for a new golden generation of horror film creators

The filmmaker behind A24's The Backrooms adaptation has his say on Hollywood's recent obsession with YouTube horror creators.

The Guardian - US

‘I found a place’: how Backrooms captures the horror of sinister architecture

Buzzy new thriller Backrooms takes us on an unknowable journey through liminal spaces, the latest film to turn a building into a horror villain

Cinemablend

I Went Into Backrooms Dubious Of How Scary It Would Be, And Then I Saw It

I'm spooked!

Inverse

What You Need To Know About 'Backrooms,' According To Its Director

The new A24 horror movie 'Backrooms' comes with extensive lore attached. How much do you need to know going in?

International Business Times UK

A24 Reopens the 'To Catch a Predator' Case That Ended in a Texas Prosecutor's Suicide

A24's 'Primetime' revisits the controversial 'To Catch a Predator' case tied to the death of Texas prosecutor Louis William Conradt Jr., with Robert Pattinson portraying Chris Hansen.

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Obsession director Curry Barker receives massive offer for next film before even making a pitch

Curry Barker is making waves with new horror hit Obsession, with one studio ready to make an eight figure offer for his next original project.

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